The healthfood store about an hour away from me orders from one (Ozark Co-op, in Missouri, Arkanasas, and other areas in teh mid south). I got a catalog, and then called to see about getting a delivery set up in my town. It took about a week or two to get it all set up, but now I have a buying club (I invited a few people I knew who bought stuff like that anyway), and we just have to meet our monthly minimum (I think it's $500) and we meet the truck in town. We check off our orders, and then divide it all up. Basically I just have to have everyone get me their orders by a certain date, and I do the check-off when the truck drops the load off (the other mamas meet me there, and help to open and divide the stuff up). Everyone takes their food home, and I call them later when I come up with their totals owed (I have to check their order w/ the invoice, add tax and the coop fee, and shipping). Not everything comes in, so I dont have them give me the money ahead of time. I wait until I know how much they owe me
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